The Art of Mentoring: Lead, Follow and Get Out of the Way
Author: Shirley Peddy
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ISBN: 096513766X
Publisher: Learning Connections (01 October, 2001)
Sales Rank: 19,212
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
The Art of Mentoring: Lead, Follow and Get Out Of The Way
Reading Shirley Peddy's book has truly been an engaging learning experience. By practicing the art of story telling, Shirley is able to captivate her audience and naturally become a mentor to all who read her book. Before I knew it I was deeply engrossed in the book and identifying with each character at various levels. Rachel (the Mentor in the story) focuses heavily on the importance of environment in relationship to performance among employees. After working within the same work space for a number of years and having experienced challenging times within our group, I can recognize the absolute importance of environment in relationship to performance. I wish I had been able to read her book in the beginning of my career. While reading about and experiencing what the characters were going through in my mind, I also learned important tools for starting mentoring relationships, identifying a mentoring spirit, understanding the role of a mentor, and working through problems.
The story had a happy ending for each of the characters. Although this may not always be the case in real life scenarios, I completely appreciate the focus on how effective, positive, mentoring relationships can turn about happy endings to otherwise difficult or impossible situations. I highly recommend this book to all who are interested in dealing effectively with other people as well as those who play key roles in helping others succeed.
Rating: 5 out of 5
The Art of Mentoring: Lead, Follow and Get Out of the Way
Shirley Peddy addresses key mentoring skills, not in a sterile antiseptic way, but in real-life, 'it could happen', situations. In fact I found myself associating each mentoring challenge with a situation in my own environment. When skills are outlined and discussed, often it is the 'nitty gritty' of how would you really go about saying that to someone, that is not addressed. Not true here. You experience not only the dialogue, but also the toss and turn nights and the talks that don't end with the desired outcomes. I found this book entertaining as well as a keeper for referring back to for various mentoring issues. Peddy's work and family parallel story lines added to the picture of what mentoring is and isn't.The title itself is very telling and helpful as a masterplan. I would recommend this book to anyone who's goal is to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
Susie =>
Rating: 4 out of 5
A Good Read
Peddy brings to us the wisdom of her successful corporate background and her mentoring relationships through a story. The foreground story is that of mentoring individuals within a company department to effect organizational change. The background story is a personal one about parental responsibilities contrasting the differences between mentoring and supervisory relationships. Although an "easy" read because of her story-telling style, Peddy provides her readers with hard-won insights into the culture of organizations and the role of mentoring relationships in this age of "disposable" employees.Much of what she says applies to life as well as work. She reminds us that we bring our whole self to work each day. Personal success is tied to our values and what we feel we have to contribute to the world. Mentoring relationships may begin within a professional context but will naturally touch upon the personal aspects of our lives. Her story is touching and inspiring. She leaves us with the wisdom she has followed on her own success journey.
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